ball rolling

基本解釋

And in practice our proclivities are things we allow ourselves, like a ball rolling down its natural course.
在實(shí)踐中，我們的癖性是被我們自身縱容的東西，就好像一顆球順應(yīng)自然規(guī)律從高處滾下。
For a ball rolling across the floor, that outside force could be the friction between the ball and the floor, or it could be the toddler that kicks the ball in another direction.
對(duì)于一個(gè)在地面上滾動(dòng)的球而言，外力可能是球與地面之間的摩擦力或者幼童相反方向踢球產(chǎn)生的力。
We telephone her parents and the British Embassy to set the ball rolling.
我們給她的父母和英國大使館通了電話，球開始轉(zhuǎn)起來了。

and doing things like that to really begin, get the ball rolling,
真的做了一些事情，真正行動(dòng)起來，
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